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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Innsbruck, Austria
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Innsbruck (LOWI / INN)
INN (IATA) · LOWI (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code and a 2000 metre runway define the traffic Innsbruck boards, and every rotation through it is fed by inflight catering run on one ops desk rather than a network of subcontracts. AERO GOURMET provides in-flight catering here airside, with hi-loader boarding straight to galley height and uplift sequenced against each aircraft's own galley layout rather than a generic tray count.
2,000 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
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24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Innsbruck
Wide-body inflight catering at INN
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at LOWI
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Innsbruck
The catering uplift into Innsbruck is built around the narrow-body reference code this field holds, which sets the pace of every sealed cart moved from kitchen to stand. Ramp access is scheduled to the minute rather than the hour, so the convoy reaches the aircraft inside a fixed window instead of queuing behind other apron movements. Nothing about that window changes for a diverted aircraft or a scheduled one: the sequence is the same at INN whichever traffic type triggers it.
The convoy is the risk here, not the food: between our kitchen and the narrow-body stand at Innsbruck sit airside screening, an escort and the ordinary traffic of a working apron. We plan the catering uplift against the worst case on that route rather than the average one, so a delay at the checkpoint never becomes a delay at the aircraft. Every cart is sealed before it leaves the galley catering line and stays sealed until the same seal number is checked off at the door, with chain of custody held by one coordinator from kitchen to signature. Temperatures are logged twice, once at sealing and once at handover, and both logs travel with the load.
One seal number, one coordinator, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Innsbruck airport
Airline food supplier crews cleared for INN
The flight kitchen behind Innsbruck runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard and audited against it on a fixed cycle rather than an occasional one. Airport catering at LOWI moves off that single site to the ramp, tray sets and passenger meal boxes staged by cabin before the cart is sealed. Airport catering at INN therefore starts in a production kitchen, not on a delivery van, which is what keeps the cold chain intact from oven to galley door.
When a delegation or a head-of-state movement is booked through Innsbruck, government flight catering is handled by the same named team every time, not by whoever is on shift. That crew holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for airside movement, and is trained to the household standards a protocol office expects of a sealed uplift. Catering at LOWI for this class of flight is documented per passenger before the cart ever reaches the stand.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Innsbruck (INN)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LOWI
Menus at Innsbruck are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed offer, drawing on the produce of the surrounding Tyrolean region — dairy, orchard fruit, freshwater fish and alpine cheese — worked into a specification rather than a fixed set list. That range moves from a VIP flight menu plated for two passengers to a charter flight menu built for a full aircraft, the same kitchen switching scale without switching standard. Inflight catering here is documented before it is cooked, not after: allergen data, halal and kosher status and any medical restriction are recorded per passenger and per cabin. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that paperwork attached to the cart it travels on.
First & VVIP cabins
First & VVIP cabins into LOWI are plated to a written specification rather than a standing menu, with caviar service and à-la-carte options available on request and filed against the standing order for the next rotation. VIP flight catering here is checked course by course before sealing, not sampled afterwards.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Innsbruck take multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, tray sets and meal boxes packed to the roster rather than to a headcount guess. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load and labelled by role.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements arriving into INN are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a shortened substitute list. Inflight catering for these codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the rest of the uplift.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at LOWI / INN
HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.
Flight catering airside delivery at LOWI / INN
Innsbruck runs a narrow-body reference code against a single 2000 metre runway, a combination that favours seasonal and charter traffic over sustained wide-body frequency, and that mix turns catering into a scheduling problem more than a volume one: peaks arrive in short, dense windows rather than a steady daily rhythm. Airline catering at LOWI is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal, because the field has no space to buffer a late change against a second option.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by ramp vehicle from our kitchen to the stand, with our own crew on the apron for the handover rather than a shared pool. Inflight catering at Innsbruck, in-flight catering at INN and aviation catering in Innsbruck all run off the same ops desk, so a change to one leg of a rotation does not require a separate call to a separate line. Airport catering at LOWI is confirmed against the loading sheet before the vehicle leaves the kitchen gate.
On this station we commit to one named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts checked at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the load.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at INN
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Government and state flight catering at Innsbruck
A narrow-body reference code shapes how a delegation movement is staged here, since the ramp has no spare capacity to hold two large aircraft at once. Government flight catering at Innsbruck for a head of state aircraft or an official delegation is documented per passenger, worked by security-cleared staff, and sealed at the kitchen before the uplift ever reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LOWI
One narrow-body reference code, and that limit decides which private airliners can be worked here rather than diverted elsewhere on a rotation. Royal flight catering and VVIP catering at Innsbruck for BBJ, ACJ and similar private airliners is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at INN
Our kitchen works the narrow-body reference code held at Innsbruck into a full three-cabin uplift for charter, ACMI and wet-lease operators, staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than loaded in a single batch. Charter flight catering at INN and charter flight catering at Innsbruck cover group movements and special missions counted against the loading sheet before departure.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Innsbruck
Against a single 2000 metre runway, Innsbruck holds a narrow-body reference code that shapes every scheduled and irregular movement routed through it. Airlines running this field as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering and outstation catering for their regular rotations, on diversion catering and technical stop catering when a schedule breaks, and on crew meals in Innsbruck boxed to the same roster regardless of which of those cases applies.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LOWI
A 2000 metre runway is what brings business aviation traffic through Innsbruck alongside its scheduled and charter movements, and that traffic is worked by our dedicated private jet catering branch. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering handled off the same duty roster as a business jet catering order.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at LOWI
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Innsbruck airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed delegation flight catering at Innsbruck (INN/LOWI) for a protocol-sensitive flight. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Lucas — Operations Controller
“For a VIP rotation through Innsbruck (INN/LOWI), we used the team for ACJ catering. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Fiona — Air Cargo Operations Manager
“We arranged hajj flight catering for a group movement through Innsbruck (INN/LOWI). Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. A dependable choice for group charter operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Miriam — Airport Services Coordinator
Innsbruck (LOWI / INN): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LOWI |
Business jet catering questions at Innsbruck (INN)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Innsbruck (INN)
What operations gets asked every week about Innsbruck.
Ask operations directly →Does Innsbruck airport airline catering come with a published price list?
Every quotation for airline catering cost at Innsbruck is built on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for that rotation, so the desk comes back with a figure rather than a rate card.
INN — how far in advance do you need a catering order confirmed?
The sealed cart that reaches the stand only carries what was confirmed against the loading sheet in good time, so lead time for a full specification change should be booked as early as the schedule allows; last minute airline catering is still worked where the change reaches us before the cart is loaded.
At what point does private jet catering reach an aircraft parked at LOWI?
The order is confirmed and sealed at the kitchen first, then delivered to the FBOs on the field or the GA terminal on request, so private jet catering and FBO catering both move on the same schedule as a scheduled uplift.
Is airline catering delivered airside at Innsbruck?
The escort and the ramp crew move every cart from kitchen to stand under the same access rules as any other airside vehicle, boarding it by hi-loader to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft.
Who signs off VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Innsbruck airport?
For this class of movement, one named coordinator carries the protocol file from sealing to handover, and government flight catering is documented per passenger under that same protocol.
Commercial aviation catering near Innsbruck
BZO / LIPB
Bolzano
Italy · 89 km from Innsbruck
Airline & VIP flight catering →
OBF / EDMO
Weßling
Germany · 91 km from Innsbruck
Airline & VIP flight catering →
FMM / EDJA
Memmingen
Germany · 116 km from Innsbruck
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Innsbruck (INN / LOWI)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Innsbruck (INN)